About The Word Unkind
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Unkind
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What's The Definition Of Unkind?
[adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
[adj] lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [adj] deficient in humane and kindly feelings [adj] lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all" Synonyms | Synonyms for Unkind: brutal | cruel | cutting | edged | hard | harsh | heartless | hurtful | inhumane | pitiless | rigorous | stinging | unkindly | unsympathetic Related Terms | Find terms related to Unkind: See Also | malign | merciless | unmerciful Unkind In Webster's Dictionary \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.]
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
\Un*kind"\, a. 1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.'' --Chaucer. 2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful. He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n. |
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